Card game.



A. E. GRANIER.

CARD GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1911.

l Patented Apr. 23, 1918.

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CARD GAME.

APPucATloN FILED MAY ze. |911.

lamented Am. 23,1918.v

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'CARD GAME.

Specification of Letters JPatent.

Patented apr, 23, this..

application med may as, 1917. yserial no. 171,a7a.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. CRAMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belgrade, in the county of Gallatin and State which can be played without any special; skill or knowledge on the part of the indi-` vidual players.

u A further object lies in providing a game which will be educational for children or young persons as it teaches something of the prices of various farm productsv as wellk as the way in which they are sold and handled, and also instructs in the use of figures through constant drill in the using of the same in the playing of the game; the successful playing also acting to quicken the perception, to cultivate clos'e observation,

and to develop the power of concentration 1With the above and other objects in view which will be in part described and in part understood from the specification, drawings and claims, my invention consists in certain 'novel features of construction, and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings Figures l, 2, 3, 4l, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9., and 10 show specimen cards of various groups used to make up a playing deck;

Fig. 11, within the bracket, shows specimen of the purchase or buying checks;

Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 1s, 19, 2o, and 21, illustrate specimen cards of various groups making up a price deck; and

Fig. 22, within the bracket, shows a set of bad luck or forfeit cards which are to be included with the various groups of cards embraced in the price deck.

llt is perhaps preferable thatthe cards of the playing deck and those' of the price deck be made of relatively different size or shape, and perhaps of distinctive color, so that the c ards of the two decks can be readily distinguished when laid upon the table or in shuffling or dealing, and as the forfeit cards are to vbe contained in the price deck, these cards will be of the same size and preferably on the same stock as they cards of the price deck. As a-n instance, the cards of the playing deck might be made larger than those of the price'deck and could be of white card stock, whereas the cards of the smaller or price deck, and including the forfeit cards could be made of blue stock.

'llhe playing deck comprises ten respective groups each numbering twelve cards, and a consequent total of one hundred twenty cards in all, ka specimen card of each of the groups being indicated by the reference characters 1, 2,- 3, 4C, 5, 6,4 7, 8, 9, and l0, Where these cards are shown in Figs. l to 10 inclusive of the drawings. rlhe cards of the various sets are marked Hay-Tons, Corn-Bushels, Oats-Bushels, Barley-Bushels, Wheat-Bushels, Hog, Steer, Sheep, Calf, and Cow, it being understood that there will be twelve cards in each group and that the same designation will be placed upon each of the cards, the cards with the crop, products, however having units of measure for the various products as presented stated thereon, and then` having numbers to represent quantities of the respective units of measure, for instance, the Hay cards would be marked from l to l2 tons, the Corn, Barley, Gats and Wheat cards would run from l0 to 120 bushels, that is 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 6o, 70, so, 9o, 100, 11o, 120 bushels.

The price deck is made up of various groups which pair off with the groups of cards as provided in the playing deck, the card group la of the price deck pairing with the group 1 of the playing deck, group 2 pairing with the group 2, etc., on through group 10a, which pairs with group 10, the cards of the various groups 1a to 10a respectively being marked to indicate various prices by the units of measure for the crop products and various prices per head for the live stock, these cards ranging as follows as ofi' with sets or groups of cards of the price i the number of cards in each set and the price indication thereon:

Hay, 4 cards; $5, $10, $15, $20, per ton.

Corn, 4 cards; $.25, $.50, $.75, and $1 per u. Y Oats, 4 cards; $.25, $.50, $.75, and $1 per Barley, 4 cards; $.25, $.50, $.75, and $1 vper bu.

In addition to the aforementioned cards,

the forfeit cards of the group as illustrated in Fig. 22 are included with the price deck and those forfeit cards are intended to palr deck and the corresponding groups of the playingdeck, so that the card 1b which pairs with the card of the group 1 and 1a reads Rain onl hay, the card 2b pairing with the groups 2 and-2a reads Frosted corn; the card ,3b pairs with groups 3 and'3, reads Busted oats; card 4b, reading Blighted barley is to be paired with groups 4 and 4a; forfeit card 5b is paired with groups 5 and 5a; and reads Wheat hailed, the card reading Hog cholera and designated (ibis to pair with the cards of the groups 6 and 6a; the card designated 7b and which reads Steer bloat pairs with cards of the groups 7 and 7a; those cards in the groups 8 and 8a are to be paired with the card 8b which is marked Sheep scab; the cardmarkedCalf seven cards.

bloat and designated as 9", pairs with the groups 9 and 9a; and card 10b of the bad luckor fcrfeit group, and which is marked Cow tuberculosis is to be paired with the groups 10 and 10" respectively. The ten specific designations are so proportioned that ve stock products are specified on the one hand while ive animals of farm live stock are designated in the remaining groups, and in the forfeit group of cards there are included two extracards, X and Y which are marked Tornado and Hoof and mouth disease, respectively, these cards referring in a manner to be hereinafter more fully set forth to the two general classifications of groupings, namely the stock products and the live stock. It will be seen that all in all the price deck with the forfeit group included therein comprises a totalV of fifty While it has been stated that ten groups are made, and a certain specific number of cards for each group, it will of course be understood that twelve groups of ten cards each might be embraced inthe Lacasse playing deck and a total of one hundred and twenty cards yet maintained, or that the number of groupings and the number of cards in each group could be varied without limitation or withourt reference t0 the total number' of cards which might be embraced in the complete set, the present adaptation being one which in practice has proven to provide a number of cards conveniently handled and which will permit the entrance of several persons into the playing of the game. As the price cards and the forfeit cards bear substantially immediately upon the various groupings in the playing deck, the number of classifications and the number of cards in each classification will in a measure be governed and controlled by the character of the cards constituting the playing deck, however, it will be of course understood that a greater or lesser number of price cards might be included in each particular classification or grouping and that the game might thus be made more or less complicated.

As in the playing of the game there is to be bartering back and forth between the players, purchase checks Z, several of which are illustrated in Fig. 11 are provided. For ordinary purposes it will be found that checks aggregating a value of say $4,000 and, in denominations representing $20, $10, $5, and $1, are convenient and suflicient for the purpose desired, however, under some circumstances it might be found desirable to provide purchase checks of the denomination representing $50, $100, and the like, and a greater or lesser number of the checks might be provided which would thus represent a greater or lesser aggregate value.

It will be understood that the various cards might be made up of any suitable stock and might be made rectangular as here shown, rounded at the corners or shaped in any other suitable and desired manner, and in addition to having the various group markings thereon, the cards might have printed on their faces, pictorial representations to thusshow'at a glance, .and without the necessity of reading the printed matter,

to just which group the respective cards areassigned. This'same marking by the pictorial representation might be carried through the playing deck and the general forfeit cards Tornado, and Hoof and mouth disease, indicated by the reference characters X and Y, might have any desired pictorial representation placed on the faces thereof. The purchase checks Z might be of card board, celluloid, composition of materials, or of any other desired and suitable material and the moneyvaluations might be printed, stamped, or molded thereon.

Rules for playing.- I i The game may be played by two or more naanoo persons, say up to eight and the players may stand individually or mayA be paired and act as partners.

At commencement of play leach player takes or is given, purchase checks or chips of an aggregate amount equal to the sum total of the checks taken by the remainin players, say checks representing a value o $500. The player who is to act as dealer takes both decks and after thoroughly shufing and mixing the cards of the-decks separately deals the cards from the playing deck one ata time and face up on the table, around 'the table until each player has tive cards, the small or price deck is then taken and with the cards of the forfeit group shuffled `therein yis dealt so that one card passes to each player face down.

Play may now begin and each player will proceed to dicker with his neighbor to buy or sell according to his or their price cards, giving in barter the required amount in purchase checks. For instance, if a player having the price card marked Steen-$100, i

can buy a steer from his neighbor for purchase checks aggregating a total of $70, he can then ligure that on this deal he has made $30, as the value of a steer in accordance with the price card held in his hand is $100. As soon as anyone player shall have purchased or otherwise obtained four of the cards of any one particular group of the playing deck, he shall be considered as having a carload, and these four cards with the corresponding price cards placed on top thereof will be laid to one side. ln the case of a carload of steers having been acquired or in the case that one player corrals four of the cards of the ,Steer group, and holds one of the price cards marked Steer- $100,7 then he shall be considered as having purchased or acquired steers to the'value of $400. llt is however to be understood that only one carload can be purchased for each individual price card.

When the players have finished their dick- 'ering for the purchase of cards of the playing deck the dealing vis continued by giving each player one card from the playing deck and then a further period of dickering and bartering is indulged in. Upon further cessation of trading, still additional cards will be dealt from the playing deck. Each player can call for a price card whenever he wishes or whenever occasion requires, but is not compelled to take additional cards from the price decksim ly because additional cards are taken y other players. When additional cards are taken from the price deck, if one of the cards from` the forfeit group be drawn, asfor instance Frosted corn, then the player drawing this card must surrender back to the dealer all of these cards of the corresponding group of the play and price decks which he may have in his hand or on display before him upon the table, these cards being immediately reshuf- Hed into theirrespective decks. lf perchance the forfeit card marked Tornado be drawniby any player, this will mean that all of the `cards of both decks must be forfeited back and surrendered to the dealer, or if the card Hoof and mouth disease,

shall be drawn, then all of the cards ofthe I sewing.

groups must be surren- Whenever'a player puts to one side a car- 90 load or four cards of one of the groups of the playing deck, with a corresponding price card from the pricedeck, these cards shall be considered dead until the linal count, and the drawing Vof one of the forfeit cards shall not act to compel the surrender of the cards thus laid aside. ln settling up the final count to determine the winner of the game, each player shall figure up the respective and total value of the carload which he may have corraled during play, giving a valuation to the items of the carload corresponding to the price valuation on the price card grouped therewith; the total valuation of the purchase checks as still retained by eachplayer is then determined and this is taken with the total Valuation of the carloads acquired during play as the net winnings of the player.

lllhe party or player having the greatest sum total to his credit shall be considered as the winner.

From the foregoing it will be seen that ll have provided a card game apparatus which is of such character that by following the rules as set down, or other rules which might be devised, the game may be played by young or old without special previous knowledge,

and that when the game is played by young it is educational and instructive to a high degree and while l have herein shown andi described only certain groupings of the cards of thevarious sets or decks and have set forth only one set of playing rules, it` will be understood that changes and Variations might be resorted to in the number of groups and the number of cards in each l`of my invention, and hence I wishto be limited only to such points as may be set forth in the claims.

I claim: 1. A card game including a deck of cards having cards therein marked to designate various farm products, a second deck of cards having thereon designations of the first, mehtioned deck and also supplied withv various farm products, a second deck of cards having thereon designations of the rst mentioned deck and also suppliedwith price markings, forfeit cards included in the s econd mentioned deck representing disaster which may befall the farm products named in the various designations of the first mentioned deck, and purchase checks to be used in barter for the various cards of the first mentioned deck.

3. A card game including a deck of cards having cards therein marked to designate various farm products, a second deck of cards having thereon designations conforming to those of the first mentioned deck and supplied with price markings, and purchase checks to be used in barter for the various cards of the first mentioned deck.

4. A card game including a deck consisting of a plurality of groups Some of which cards have pictorial representations thereon to designate a particular farm product and also an inscription to name the farm product, a ysecond deck of cards 'of a character distinctive from the first mentioned deck which cards also have pictorial representations and designating markings and further have price markingsthereon, and aforfeit card for each of the various groupings of the first mentioned deck being marked with some disaster which might befall the farm product named in the various groups of said first mentioned deck the forfeit cards being included with the cards of the second deck.

5. A card game including a deck consisting of a plurality of groups each of which has a pictorial representation thereon to designate a particular farm product and also an inscription to name the farm product, a

second deck of cards of a character distinctive from the first mentioned deck which cards are also suppliedwith pictorial representation and the designating marking and further have price markings thereon, a forfeit card for each of the various groupings of the first mentioned deck marked with some disaster which might befall the farm product named in the various groups of said first mentioned deck the forfeit cards being included with the cards of the second deck, and purchase checks to be used in barter for the various cards 0f the first mentioned deck.

6. A card game includin a deck of cards having therein cards mar ed to designate various farm products which cards are separated into two groups on the one hand representing crop products and on the other live stock, a second deck of cards having designations of the first mentioned deck and also supplied with rice markings, and group forfeit cards inc uded in said second mentioned deck and marked thereon to name a disaster which may befall the crop products and the live stock. i

7. A card game including a deck of cards having therein cards marked to designate various farm products which cards are separated into two groups on the one hand representing crop products and on the other live stock, a second deck of cards having designations of the first mentioned deck and also supplied with price markings, group forfeit cards included in the second mentioned deck and marked thereon to name a disaster whichmay befall the crop products and the live stock, and other forfeit cards marked with designation of disaster which might befall the individual farm products as named in the first deck.

8. A card game including a deck of cards having therein cards marked t0 designate various farm products which cards are separated into two groups on the one hand representing crop products and on the other live stock, a second deck of cards having designations of the first mentioned deck and also supplied with price markings, group forfeit cards included in the second mentioned deck and marked thereon to name a A disaster which may befall the crop roducts and the live stock, other forfeit; cards marked with designation of disaster which might befall the individual farm products as named in the first deck, and purchase checks to be used in barter for the various cards of the first mentioned deck.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR E. CRAMER. Witnesses:

ALFoRD YERGEY, JOHN W, YERGEY. 

